Interview method affects incidence of postoperative sore throat
- 1 October 1987
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Anaesthesia
- Vol. 42 (10) , 1104-1107
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2044.1987.tb05179.x
Abstract
Two hundred and forty-two routine surgical patients who had undergone general anaesthesia, were questioned about postoperative sore throat by one of two methods, either direct or indirect questioning. A significantly higher incidence of sore throat was obtained by direct questioning (p less than 0.001).Keywords
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